Example sentences of "were [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Kāli fumbled , striking the flint against the steel , trying to produce a spark that was strong enough to light the little piece of cotton , they told me how pleased they were to see me working just like them . |
| 2 | ‘ Or perhaps you were using me to make her jealous ? ’ she suggested tartly . |
| 3 | In a voice full of virginal astonishment he said , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’ |
| 4 | Halfway up the aisle the Ted turned his head again to the packed house and in the same pained voice of injured innocence repeated , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’ |
| 5 | So , and she knew about the office , and I knew about the office and knew everything they were wanting me to know but a man got it from outside so |
| 6 | You were having me watched ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ They were asking me to snub my family . ’ |
| 8 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 9 | He thought my parents were pressurising me to dress this way , or that I 'd gone mad . |
| 10 | ‘ The state of my health and my voice last year were making me think seriously of my pension , ’ he said . |
| 11 | It was all overdone , like the decorations in the ward , but even while I was having a superior little mental scoff , they were making me feel obscurely uneasy and near to tears . |
| 12 | Well , that took me by surprise , I can tell you : my eyes were watering but my loins were telling me to persevere with this fiery female . |
| 13 | ‘ They were advising me to sell , and it seemed they had a taker who was offering a very generous price . |